Siege of Saragossa (1812)

The Siege of Saragossa (early February 1812) was a battle of the Peninsular War that occurred when a French army of 720 troops under Auben de Boisbrand attempted to capture the city of Saragossa in northern Spain from William Carr Beresford's Allied garrison. General Thomas Picton and his army arrived to reinforce Beresford's garrison, bringing the Allied troop strength up to 1,123 troops, and the French inflicted 621 losses on the besieging army, forcing it to retreat. The French would later be peacefully forced out of Valladolid by a British army, but Saragossa would be recaptured by the French in late August 1812, surrendering only after the Allies invaded France itself.